Most central banks are required or choose to stabilize a price index, largely by manipulating short term interest rates. A serious problem is what index to choose among the national income deflator, wholesale prices, the cost of living, with or eliminating highly volatile commodities such as...

The article is part of the special issue of the journal on Charles P. Kindleberger (CPK). It is here reported one of CPK's best known articles published in the old series of Moneta e Credito (vol. 38 n. 152, december 1985, pp. 355-69). The article reconstructs the recent history of the dollar...

The article is part of the special issue of the journal on Charles P. Kindleberger (CPK). It is here reported one of CPK's articles published in Moneta e Credito (vol. 33 n. 131, settembre 1980, pp. 253-58). The article presents a short piece of scientific autobiography by Kindleberger, and it...

Articolo originariamente pubblicato in Moneta e Credito, vol 41 n.163, settembre 1988, pp. 255-267.

Articolo originariamente pubblicato in Moneta e Credito, vol. 48 n.188, dicembre 1995, pp. 43-67.